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Mobridge Livestock Exchange

Name: Mobridge Livestock Exchange livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Feeder Cattle · Mobridge, South Dakota · Thu, Oct 21

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2025

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

4,400 head

▲ 2,632 vs last sale 1,768▲ 2,750 vs year ago 1,650 · +166.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to Tuesday: steer calves 400 to 450 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 451 to 650 lbs mostly steady. Heifer calves 400 to 500 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 501 to 600 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for today's large calf offering featuring many loads and packages. Quality similar to Tuesday, mostly average to attractive. Most calves in light to moderate flesh, slightly more flesh overall than Tuesday. All the calves today were off the cow and most had full preconditioning, or at least a full round of shots in the fall. An active market seen for today's offering. A few cancellations due to muddy roads created by yesterday's rain. Cooler temps for the rest of the week and weekend. Next feeder cattle sale is Tuesday, October 26, featuring many Red Angus cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.43/cwt on 2,411 head.

Average price

$184.43

2,411 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$148

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$2.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.60

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	446	186.78	833	146
Medium and Large 1	532	184.28	980	2,265

One grade step is worth $2.50/cwt here — about −$148 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,411 hd

184.43

—

SD average12 barns · 23,892 hd

174.83

+9.60

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

28 lots · USDA AMS · Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	305	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	633	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	341	221.32/cwt	212.00–227.50	755	56
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	364	224.73/cwt	224.00–225.00	818	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	389	199.92/cwt	198.00–201.00	778	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	216.51/cwt	208.00–224.00	899	204
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	198.62/cwt	194.00–201.50	880	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	193.98/cwt	187.00–202.00	912	426
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	494	168.61/cwt	164.00–176.00	833	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	495	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	901	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	180.12/cwt	170.50–185.00	938	494
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	562	152.96/cwt	151.00–157.50	860	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	176.66/cwt	167.00–182.00	1,016	498
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	171.85/cwt	168.00–174.75	1,053	434
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	161.85/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,078	114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	288	189.24/cwt	188.00–189.50	545	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	177.64/cwt	175.00–179.00	592	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	178.99/cwt	172.00–185.00	668	102
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	655	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	163.25/cwt	162.00–165.00	671	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	420	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	802	113
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	177.33/cwt	168.00–182.00	759	246
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	163.54/cwt	156.00–171.00	770	287
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	480	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	917	115
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	162.11/cwt	155.00–168.00	838	398
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	520	148.28/cwt	147.50–149.50	771	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	153.94/cwt	149.00–157.50	881	265
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	153.64/cwt	149.00–159.00	936	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	990	11

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Mobridge Livestock Exchange (Thursday) - Mobridge, SD

Thu Oct 21, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 4,400Last week 1,768Year ago 1,650

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	373	172.00–185.00	178.99
11	—	660	150.00	150.00
21	—	288	188.00–189.50	189.24
43	—	333	175.00–179.00	177.64
120	—	609	149.00–159.00	153.64
246	—	428	168.00–182.00	177.33
265	—	572	149.00–157.50	153.94
287	—	471	156.00–171.00	163.54
398	—	517	155.00–168.00	162.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	520	147.50–149.50	148.28
4	—	390	168.00	168.00
14	—	411	162.00–165.00	163.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	420	191.00	191.00
115	—	480	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	341	212.00–227.50	221.32
114	—	666	160.00–162.50	161.85
426	—	470	187.00–202.00	193.98
434	—	613	168.00–174.75	171.85
498	—	575	167.00–182.00	176.66
23	—	364	224.00–225.00	224.73
204	—	415	208.00–224.00	216.51
494	—	521	170.50–185.00	180.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	562	151.00–157.50	152.96
30	—	494	164.00–176.00	168.61
31	—	443	194.00–201.50	198.62
65	—	389	198.00–201.00	199.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	495	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	305	207.50	207.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.